Conductor Politician

Commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) during the 1956 Sinai War, and Defense Minister during the Six-Day War in 1967

Became a worldwide fighting symbol of the new state of Israel

In the 1930s, he joined the Haganah, the pre-state Jewish defense force of Mandatory Palestine

Served in the Special Night Squads under Orde Wingate during the Arab revolt in Palestine and later lost an eye to a sniper in a raid on Vichy forces in Lebanon during World War II

Close to David Ben-Gurion and joined him in leaving the Mapai party and setting up the Rafi party in 1965 with Shimon Peres